Hi!  My name is Trish Rapant.  I have been teaching reading at John L. Edwards for the past 10 years.  I LOVE my job.  It is so rewarding to watch children learn to read and know that I helped them become readers.   My hope is that they will become lifelong readers and to enjoy reading, not see it as a chore.

I went to SUNY Oneonta for my undergraduate work.  I received a degree in Elementary Education.  I then did my graduate work at SAGE Graduate College, in Troy, NY.  I earned degrees in both Reading and Special Education.  I have also been through training for Reading Recovery, at the Kingston, NY site.  I also have training in Leveled Literacy Intervention, through Lesley College in Cambridge, MA.  

I am married and have two wonderful little girls, Chloe and Ella.  I have two dogs and one cat.  In my free time I like to read and I am learning how to knit.   

I am very happy and, I feel, very lucky to work at JLE.  I love the feeling of family and community at our school, and I think the combination of our faculty and staff, and family involvement make for some very lucky children as well!  JLE is a great place to work and learn!